DU100G-12-R-0006_Amendment_Q A.docx

Solicitation DU100G-12-R-0006 Amendment Question and Anwsers

1. Section L.7 on page 64, sixth sentence states “Within this volume of your proposal, please provide the website link to your product demonstration.” Please specify in what volume of the proposal the government intends the offeror to include the website link to the product demonstration.

Answer: The Offer will provide a link to their organization’s website, which will be accessed during the Oral Presentation in order to show product demonstration.

2. Will the government better define “product demonstration” in terms of what the government expects to see on line versus what will be provided in oral presentations?

Answer: There is no difference. You have the option of (1) providing an online demonstration of the application or (2) providing power point slides.

3. Will a projector be provided by the government or should the offeror bring their own?

Answer: The government will provide a projector.

4. Will the conference room where the offerors are presenting have Internet access?

Answer: Yes

5. Will the conference room where the offerors are presenting have broadband access?

Answer: Yes

6. Section: 52.212- 4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS - COMMERCIAL ITEMS. (JULY 2012) - ALTERNATE I (OCT 2008) A section states that contractors must provide training material. Are the costs associated for duplication of these materials considered other costs and reimbursable?

Answer: There is no Cost Re-imburseble CLIN’s and the Government does not dictate to the Offerors there pricing strategy

7. Section: H.2 AS 1301 INCORPORATION OF SUBCONTRACTING PLAN NOV 1997 This section mentions the requirements of a subcontract plan as a material component of the RFP, can you explain the expectations of the contractor for this plan ?

Answer: Please refer to FAR 52.219-9.

8. Section : B.2 PRICING OF LABOR RATE

This sections states that the contractor must provide furniture desks work space pcs....( Will all the workspace required be provided by HUD for the Contractors at your facilities?

Answer: Yes

9. Section: C.3.4 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS (CLIN 0004) In this section, what about a development system for post live changes, are the associated cost covered separately?

Answer: No. The development costs for post live changes are included in this CLIN. The development database costs are included under a separate contract.

10. Section : L-8 INSTRUCTION FOR PART I – TECHNICAL PROPOSAL Can you elaborate on the ability to add other resources that are needed to complete this SOW, that are not figured into the NTE component that is specified?

Answer: The estimated hours and labor categories are just estimates and each offeror shall formulate their own labor hours and resources necessary to perform the requirement and still be within the NTE amounts

11. Section : INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, Pg. 11- i This paragraph mentions refresh plans, what about the costs associated with submitting this on an annual basis, will this be covered separately?

Answer: These are functions and services that the Managed Data Center will provide.

12. Section: C.3.2.1 Access to GFITSA - Compliant Software Parameters and controlled as specified by FSIO This section addresses the disaster recovery portion of the SOW. There will be more considerable storage space required for this process that will require additional cost factors, will this be covered as a separate cost component?

Answer: These are functions and services that the Managed Data Center will provide.

13. Section: C.3.2.5 Disaster Recovery Plan In terms of a back up plan, where would that back up plan location be located, can it exist in a virtual cloud environment?

Answer: These are functions and services that the Managed Data Center will provide.

14. Section: C.3.2.4 Continuity of Operations Plan – COOP This section states that we must provide business continuity and back up plans ,what about the hardware and software required to meet this demand, will that cost be allowable and factored separately or inclusive under this RFP?

Answer: These are functions and services that the Managed Data Center will provide.